Bif - no such thing as a dumb question.
International Annealed Copper Standard:
Its a measure of the conductivity of various metals relative to Pure Copper having a rating of 100%, a standard developed for copper wire producers.
For Complete Definition See:
IACC Definition
For values of different metals/alloys see:
IACC Table
What I have discovered over the last little while is that conductors (i.e. wires and connectors) with higher IACS rating tend to be more dynamic in their presentation.
The TC line of Kimber cables allow for noticeably faster dynamics with more detail.
However - if high value conductors, like the 4TC, is used with with lower valued Brass Bananas or spades you are definitely not getting the most out of the cables.
If you think about it - the electrons flying down the high purity copper highway and hitting a brass toll booth :-)
I have Silver interconnect cables rated round 106% with copper alloy RCA's rated around 80%. They sounded pretty nice and quite detailed, but not what I would call smoooooth.
Upgrading the RCA's to a solid silver RCA made a very big difference and improved clarity and dynamics with a definite mellowing of the high frequencies - without loosing details.
I also applied a similar upgrade to my speaker cables, which were already silver coated high purity copper. Adding silver coated high conductive copper FUREZ Bananas improved overall clarity and dynamics.
Hope this clarifies things :-)
International Annealed Copper Standard:
Its a measure of the conductivity of various metals relative to Pure Copper having a rating of 100%, a standard developed for copper wire producers.
For Complete Definition See:
IACC Definition
For values of different metals/alloys see:
IACC Table
What I have discovered over the last little while is that conductors (i.e. wires and connectors) with higher IACS rating tend to be more dynamic in their presentation.
The TC line of Kimber cables allow for noticeably faster dynamics with more detail.
However - if high value conductors, like the 4TC, is used with with lower valued Brass Bananas or spades you are definitely not getting the most out of the cables.
If you think about it - the electrons flying down the high purity copper highway and hitting a brass toll booth :-)
I have Silver interconnect cables rated round 106% with copper alloy RCA's rated around 80%. They sounded pretty nice and quite detailed, but not what I would call smoooooth.
Upgrading the RCA's to a solid silver RCA made a very big difference and improved clarity and dynamics with a definite mellowing of the high frequencies - without loosing details.
I also applied a similar upgrade to my speaker cables, which were already silver coated high purity copper. Adding silver coated high conductive copper FUREZ Bananas improved overall clarity and dynamics.
Hope this clarifies things :-)